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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) REGULATIONS 2011
58Audiometric testing
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58 Audiometric testing
(1) This regulation applies in relation to a worker who is frequently
required by the person conducting the business or undertaking to
use personal protective equipment to protect the worker from the
risk of hearing loss associated with noise that exceeds the
exposure standard for noise.
(2) The person conducting the business or undertaking who provides
the personal protective equipment as a control measure must
provide audiometric testing for the worker:
(a) within 3 months of the worker commencing the work; and
(b) in any event, at least every 2 years.
audiometric testing means the testing and measurement of the
hearing threshold levels of each ear of a person by means of pure
tone air conduction threshold tests.